Bal­ti­more ap­proves $1.1 mil­lion more for Tasers

Bal­ti­more’s Board of Es­ti­mates ap­proved $1.1 mil­lion Wed­nes­day for Taser In­ter­na­tional to con­tinue sup­ply­ing city po­lice with the com­pany’s stun guns and re­lated equip­ment. The con­tract re­newal — which comes amid ques­tions about how Bal­ti­more po­lice of­fi­cers have used the de­vices in re­cent years — brings the to­tal cost of Taser’s con­tract with the city to $3.7 mil­lion since 2013. For­mer Po­lice Com­mis­sioner